Podtacular 533: Grifcon 2016

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Dust Storm

Our friends over at GrifballHub are at it again with another Kickstarter to fund a Grifball booth at the Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, Texas this July.  For the past three years, the Halo community has banded together to make the booth possible with reward items including Grifball t-shirts, stickers, bags, wristbands, buttons, Cards Against Grif, and much more.  This year, GrifballHub is attempting to reach their most ambitious stretch goal yet: a fully featured Grifball stage with constant Grifball action during the expo.

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Podtacular 532: Halo Space Battles

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Dust Storm

If you’re looking for epic space battles in the Halo universe, look no further than the Sins of the Prophets mod. These folks have done a complete conversion of Sins of a Solar Empire creating custom space vessels, music, effects, UI and the likes to bring Halo to an even grander scale.  We had the opportunity to chat with Unikraken, Cole and Lavo from the project to discuss what Sins of a Solar Empire is and how much work has been put into the mod for a full Halo conversion.

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Machinima Monday: Shift

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Dust Storm

This week features a two-part short feature where a man is given the ability to shift through realities to uncover the cause of a planetary tragedy.  You can watch the second part here.

Video published by: Starfall Studios

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Podtacular 531: Community Stream Recap

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Dust Storm

We’ve survived and completed our Halo Community stream with Operation Supply Drop.  In this episode, we recap the events of the stream and highlight some of our best moments from the event.  Huge thanks to our guest streamers Ready Up Live, Halo Wheelmen, ProAceJOKER, GrifballHub and Ducain23 along with our featured members and groups.  We had a blast and look forward to working with even more communities for events to follow.

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Podtacular 530: Spartans for Troops

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Dust Storm

It’s finally here, our Operation Supply Drop stream podcast recorded during the Halo Community Spartans for Troops live stream.  We had a wonderful time with fellow Halo communities teaming up for 36 hours of Halo goodness ranging from Warzone to Grifball to Campaign to tournaments.  On this special episode of the podcast, we are joined by Justin Bryce from the Drunken Halo Podcast to talk with Gray Hogan, the community manager over at Operation Supply Drop about the charity organization and ways to get involved.

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Celebrate the World Championship with the Spartan’s Armory REQ Pack and 50% off Digital Halo 5 Editions

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Dust Storm

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Celebrate a weekend filled of competitive Halo played by teams from around the world with the Spartan’s Armory REQ Pack.  This pack includes AR and Pistol skins from the most notable teams within the Halo franchise including Blue Team, Fireteam Osiris, Noble Team, Spirit of Fire, and 343 Industries.  You can purchase the REQ pack from the Xbox Live Marketplace or save up 80,000 REQ points to redeem in Halo 5: Guardians or on Halo Waypoint for this weekend only.  In addition to the Spartan’s Armory REQ Pack, all digital editions of Halo 5: Guardians on the Xbox Live Marketplace are 50% off for this weekend only.

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The Halo World Championship Starts Now!

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Dust Storm

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It all comes down to this weekend. Sixteen teams from around the world have proved they have what it takes to be in the Halo World Championship, but only one will earn the title of champion!  Heralding from the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, these teams are competing for their share of a crowd-funded $2.5 million.  The international teams have their stake to claim among the established American players, and the rivalry between Counter Logic Gaming and Evil Geniuses will be a spectacle for the weekend.

This weekend, make sure you catch the action for both the main stage (Twitch.TV/Halo) and the second stage (Twitch.TV/ESL_Halo) and tune in to commentary from the caster lineup of Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez, Dave “Walshy” Walsh, Mike “Strongside” Cavanaugh, Mark “Onset” Hatcher, Andy “Bravo” Dudynsky, Miles “Wra7h” Ross and Richard Simms.  The schedule for this weekend is as follows:

  • Friday – Day One Playoffs, 9AM-8PM PDT
  • Saturday – Day Two Playoffs, 9AM-9:30PM PDT
  • Sunday – Finals, 4PM-6PM PDT

For complete match schedules and list of maps/game modes, visit Halo.gg.

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